TOMS RIVER – More than 1,500 wax folds of heroin were found during a surveillance operation on Monday, police said.

The police department’s Special Enforcement Team conducted surveillance in the area of the Howard Johnson Hotel on Hooper Avenue and saw a drug buy in the parking lot, police said.

Police said they developed information that a black Chevrolet Suburban, driven by Jeffrey Winiavski, 36, of Pine Beach, was involved in drug trafficking activities. Police pulled over the vehicle and an investigation turned up approximately 30 bricks, or 1,508 wax folds, of heroin in the vehicle, authorities said.

Winiavski was taken into custody without incident and charged with possession of heroin and possession of heroin with the intent to distribute over .5 ounce, police said. Winiavski was taken to the Ocean County jail in lieu of $75,000 bail with no 10 percent option.

The police department’s Special Enforcement Team has confiscated approximately 15,000 bags of heroin, with a street value of $150,000, since January.